“The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.”
Leadership is not about being in charge — it is about taking care of the people in your charge. These quotes cover management, vision, decision-making, and the qualities that separate leaders people follow willingly from those people merely tolerate.
“We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised.”
“The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.”
“What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting old. The man assumed office almost four years ago - isn't it about time he assumed responsibility?”
“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”
“I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.”
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
“Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.”
“Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.”
“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.”
“I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.”
“Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.”
“We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen.”
“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.”
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
“There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.”